Ars Musica Chorale

Ars Musica Chorale is a performance group based in Bergen County focused on local performance and music education.

Founded in 1965 by conductor Joyce Keshner, Ars Musica Chorale has presented more than 50 years of great choral music in northern Bergen County. Now, more than fifty years later, Ars Musica is recognized as one of the most accomplished choruses in the area and continues to offer singers the opportunity to perform a wide variety of great music. Ars Musica crafts excellent programs of a wide range of choral music; provides their volunteer singers with challenging, instructive, and rewarding opportunities to make music together; and enriches and educates the community by offering the excitement of live performance to a broad audience. Furthermore, Ars Musica is a community of musicians who support and encourage each other as they strive for excellence. They enrich the lives of their memberships and Bergen County art lovers alike by creating opportunities for joy, learning, and expression.

In 2014, Ars Musica Chorale developed the Encore Young Artist Program (EYAP), an artist-in-residence program for aspiring professional singers. The EYAP has provided performance and training opportunities to more than a dozen students who have gone on to budding careers in solo and choral performance at the national level. In 2014, Ars Musica developed the Encore Young Artist Program (EYAP), an artist-in-residence program for aspiring professional singers. A youth choir, the New Jersey State Children’s Chorus, was incorporated in 2016 as a sister organization to Ars Musica Chorale. Pre-concert lectures offer insights into the composers and the works to be performed.

Ars Musica Chorale’s patrons come from throughout the region. Local senior organizations and those serving people with disabilities enjoy discounted and free tickets to Ars Musica performances. Ars Musica always seeks to grow its audiences by expanding access and increasing appreciation for classical choral music.